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The ancient stories that still shape our imagination and beliefs

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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
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Adam Rutherford

15 min read

The Stories in Our Genes. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2016.

Splash!
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Howard Means

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10,000 Years of Swimming. Hachette Books. 2020.

The Soul of a Woman
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Isabel Allende

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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.

The 48 Laws of Power
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Robert Greene

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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.

Age of Ambition
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Evan Osnos

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Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.

How Carrots Won the Trojan War
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Rebecca Rupp

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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.

The World History of Animation
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Stephen Cavalier

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The World History of Animation. Quarto Publishing, 2011.

Blame It on the Rain
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Laura Lee

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How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.

A Dark History of Chocolate
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Emma Kay

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A Dark History of Chocolate. Pen and Sword History, 2021.

All About Me!
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Mel Brooks

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My Remarkable Life in Show Business. Ballantine Books, 2021.

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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

Adam Rutherford

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The eye-opening and sometimes controversial tale of humanity that interweaves a geneticist’s hard data with stories from history, asking questions we’re still learning the answers to while transforming the way we think about evolution.

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